Week Links #14
Words for Thought Rachel Marie Stone: When We Are More Interested in Evangelical Infighting Than Serious Issues of Justice Kelli Trujillo: What is Justice? Natasha Sistrunck Robinson: It’s Time for the...
View ArticleWhen Christian Moms Get the Blues
Today I am writing at Christianity Today’s Her.meneutics about factors that may increase the risk of postpartum mood disorders among women of faith, and what our places of worship can do to help those...
View Article5 Ways Churches Can Support Families Providing Foster Care
The rewards of foster parenting are many, but that doesn’t change the fact that it, like all parenting, can be difficult and emotional work. Even those who have raised a brood of their own biological...
View ArticleWhy the Lutherans Won’t Have Us
Our youngest walks straight into koi ponds, ladies’ restrooms, and traffic. Only my good manners kept me from laughing. “Now, Rachel. NOW,” I hissed once we were out of Darrel’s hearing range (which,...
View ArticleFreeing Men From Patriarchy’s Chains
Carolyn Custis James is president of the Whitby Forum, a ministry dedicated to addressing the deeper needs that confront both men and women as they work together to extend God’s kingdom in a messy and...
View ArticleIs the American Way the Jesus Way?
Flag or cross? God or country? Just in time for the July 4th holiday, an interview with author and Pastor Brian Zahnd.
View ArticleBook Review: Women, Leadership, and the Bible. By Dr. Natalie Eastman
Dr. Natalie Eastman is one of the smartest women I know. If you’re looking for proof of that, check out her book, Women, Leadership, and the Bible. It’s a smart read, but not so much so that it’ll bog...
View ArticleEvolving Faith: An Interview With Sarah Bessey
Today we hear from award-winner blogger and author of Jesus Feminist, Sarah Bessey. Sarah’s latest book, Out of Sorts, recounts her journey through an evolving faith, ending not with the finality of a...
View ArticleWhole Women, Whole Families, Whole Truths: Saying What You Mean and Meaning...
Shaming, shunning and judging will only drive women from the church.
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